10 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



the edge of the water but on a solid foundation. Eggs, two- 

 {W. Saunders.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Our collection contains two males, both taken at Toronto by 

 Mr. D. A. Herring in 1891. Of eggs we have two sets of two 

 each. One taken by Mr. A. E. Barlow at Snare Lake, Nipissing- 

 District, Ont., July loth, 1895 ; the other by Mr. W. Mclnnis at. 

 Crow Lake, Rainy River, northwestern Ontario, July 2nd, 1897. 



8. Yellow-billed Loon. 



Gavia adamsii (Gray) Allen. 1897. 



Abundant at Great Slave Lake. {Ross!) During the breeding 

 season this species abounds in Franklin and Liverpool bays on 

 the Arctic coast, where several|examples were shot. [Macfarlane) 

 This fine species, the least known of the Loons, is not a rare- 

 summer resident about the head of Kotzebue Sound. (^Nelson.) 

 This species seems to prefer the extreme northwesterly part of 

 the continent and islands from Liverpool Bay on the east to the- 

 mouth of the Yukon on the west. 



Breeding Notes. — Selawik Lake and Kunkuk River are the 

 places where it is claimed the greater number breed. The shore 

 of Norton Sound is a breeding place for a few pairs, as is the low 

 coast of Behring Strait from Golovina Bay to Port Clarence.. 

 {Nelson. ) 



9. Black-throated Loon. 



Gavia arcticus (hma.) Allen. 1897. 



Occasional on the coast of Labrador but apparently common: 

 on the shores of Hudson Bay, where they breed. Male and 

 female and young, nearly full grown, shot on Nottingham Island,. 

 Hudson Strait, August 28th. 1884. {R. Bell.) Not common at 

 Lake Mistassini, but a few breed. (/. M. Macoun.) Occurs in 

 winter at Grand Manan in the Bay of Fundy. {Herrick.) A, 

 pair was taken near Toronto and sent to the Paris Exhibition of 

 1866. {Mcllwraith.) Recorded by Andrew Murray from Severa 

 House, Hudson Bay. {Thompson.) 



This species is known to breed on the margin of small lakes, 

 and very likely also close to the sea, from Cumberland Gulf on the- 



